1 a tube that carries gas or liquid (输送气体或液体的)管子:
Waste water is carried away down the drainpipe.废水顺着排水管流走。
2 a tube with a small bowl at one end that is used for smoking tobacco 烟斗:
to smoke a pipe吸烟斗
3 a simple musical instrument that consists of a tube with holes in it. You blow into it to play it 管乐器
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/paɪp ||; paɪp/verb
[T] to carry liquid or gas in pipes 用管子输送(液体或气体):
Water is piped to all the houses in the village.水是经管道输送到村内各幢房子的。pipe up(informal 非正式) to suddenly say sth 突然讲话:
Suddenly Shirin piped up with a question.希琳突然提出了一个问题。
pipe1/paIp; paIp/n [C]1 a tube that liquid or gas flows through 管子﹐管道: a water pipe 水管A pipe had burst in the kitchen, flooding the floor. 厨房里的一根水管爆了﹐弄得满地都是水。2 a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end 烟斗: My grandad used to smoke a pipe . 我爷爷以前抽烟斗。3 a simple musical instrument like a tube that you blow through 笛4 pipe dream an idea, plan etc that will probably never happen 空想﹐幻想
pipe2v [T] to send a liquid or gas through a pipe to another place 用管道输送〔液体或气体〕: pipe sth into/from/out of etc sth The oil is piped from Alaska. 这石油是通过管道从阿拉斯加输送来的。 pipe up phr v informal to suddenly start speaking【非正式】突然开始讲话: Then Dennis piped up, saying he didn’t agree. 然后丹尼斯突然开口﹐说他不同意。
pipepipepipespipedpipingnoun1a long tube that takes something such as water, oil or gas from one place to another: A water pipe is leaking under the ground.2a tube with a small bowl at one end that is used for smokingtobacco (= the dried leaves used for making cigarettes): My grandfather smoked a pipe.